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| English: A map of the infected countries of the H1N1 flu of 2009 as of 30 April 2009. confirmed death and infections confirmed infections unconfirmed infections This map has been uploaded for use in the Wikinews article Swine flu outbreaks appear globally; WHO raises pandemic alert level to 5 because the map used should reflect the information known at the time the article was published. ---- (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
The number of confirmed H1N1 flu cases has soared again to top 8,000, the World Health Organization said Saturday as India and Turkey reported their first infections.
A third confirmed H1N1 flu case on the Chinese mainland was reported in Beijing late Saturday and Japan also confirmed its first three infections among teenage students who had not picked up the virus abroad, and officials voiced fears that it would spread in the country.
Over the past week the number of people infected by the virus has risen sharply, going up by around 1,000 a day since Monday to reach 8,451 on Saturday.
WHO's pandemic alert level remains at phase five while Singapore has lowered its flu alert level to "yellow".
A third confirmed H1N1 flu case on the Chinese mainland was reported in Beijing late Saturday and Japan also confirmed its first three infections among teenage students who had not picked up the virus abroad, and officials voiced fears that it would spread in the country.
Over the past week the number of people infected by the virus has risen sharply, going up by around 1,000 a day since Monday to reach 8,451 on Saturday.
WHO's pandemic alert level remains at phase five while Singapore has lowered its flu alert level to "yellow".
From ChannelNewsAsia.com; Sunday, 17-May-2009
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